Hi all. Well bit by bit as I did my swish and spits they the night pieces kept coming off. Finally this morning the last stitch let go and it all came out. There is a very very thin layer of graft still on the tongue. Looks integrated. The tongue is healthy pink and actually looks quite good. I mean it's not smooth because of the excision but overall doesn't look bad. I was shocked that neither phone call got the response of being seen that I thought they should have. It truly was gross having that much necrotic tissue in my mouth for 12 plus hours. I will be expressing my displeasure to the plastic surgeon at my Monday visit and also to my oncologist since he works with this other doc. If this was what might have happened we should have been told.
Last edited by Starlasue; 03-28-2014 12:25 PM.
Age 58. No smoking, no drinking, no HPV. Diagnosed SCC lateral tongue1/29/14. Surgery 3/18/14 - partial glossectomy 30% left lateral, neck dissection removing all three levels of lymph glands, they used full skin graft to cover the tongue, 3/2714 graft in process of falling off.
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